Health Care

Individuals convinced that insurers are denying adequate coverage for Lyme disease faced off against business groups seeking to keep health care costs down and have concerns about lawmakers mandating treatment contrary to what experts recommend.

For Lisa Colombo, assuming the role of interim president of Clinton Hospital is a dream come true. “I've been working towards this,” Colombo said. “It's the job I was hoping I would find.”

After several years of losses, MetroWest Medical Center is in the midst of a stark turnaround.

Building off laws requiring health insurers to cover mental health treatment the same way as physical ailments, a legislative push is now underway to extend the same parity to disability insurance.

The state has received a $600,000 federal grant to enhance training for Alzheimer's disease caregivers, the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) announced Tuesday.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Boston-based hospital network and research institution, has backed Attorney General Maura Healey's efforts to strengthen regulation of the health care market.

Citing growing patient volume, Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare on Tuesday announced the hiring of seven new physicians and the relocation of several offices across its service area.

One year ago, when Worcester Polytechnic Institute dove into the high-risk, high-reward world of self-insurance, it hoped the gamble would pay off enough to keep tuition in check.

Today, 37 percent of local Worcester businesses are owned by foreign-born entrepreneurs, almost double the statewide rate....

Natural gas customers throughout New England got an early holiday present as National Grid and Eversource announced that while gas prices will seasonally increase this winter, they will be down compared with last year.